{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-1927","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 1927","heading":"","body":"A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice shall not do any of the following:\n(a) Infer, purport, advertise, or imply that he or she is in any way able to provide dental services or make any type of dental diagnosis beyond evaluating a patient’s dental hygiene status, providing a dental hygiene treatment plan, and providing the associated dental hygiene services.\n(b) Hire a registered dental hygienist to provide direct patient services other than a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 4. Dentistry [1600. - 1976.]","ARTICLE 9. Dental Hygienists [1900. - 1966.6.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"99ce4337f066a4dc3b1c1b395f1748eacd5f454f3cf86a9222e463b6a03edce1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-1926.4","next":"us-ca/bpc-1928"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}